Yes, I was so busy with pruning that I honestly fell into a rut of the same old, same old meals. We ate our main meal at lunchtime and our lite dinners frequently consisted of cheese, crackers and yogurt smoothies.

But, things are getting back to normal – or at least as normal as it gets around here

The kitchen is open once again!

So, one of the first things I did after pruning was to get organized – from kitchen to pantry.

Maybe you know how it is, you are in a hurry so you just put the bag of whatever on the shelf. And, you do it again and again until it is hard to find what you are sure you have!

For us, living in the basement (or what soon will be) means we have 9 people living in 1500 sq ft so there is not a lot of room for clutter. And, that is what my pantry was full of – clutter.

I couldn’t believe it when I found 3 partially used bottles of apple cider vinegar opened!

That is ridiculous! I started cleaning, consolidating and even threw out a few things!

My favorite part of all this was the fact that even though my pantry area is large, it tends to get difficult to enter because of all the 5 gallon buckets that I use to store bulk items. Buckets coupled with large cans of vegetables like green beans, tomato sauce and diced tomatoes can make it difficult to get to what I need. Now that is cleaned up and I can get to my shelves!

Believe it or not, this actually saves me money because now I know what I have and can use what I have. No more buying duplicate products because I can’t find what I know I have!

I like to keep staple pantry items in glass jars so I can see them easily and they are airtight – just in case we are ever infested with bugs. I was able to re-do and organize my jars which makes the whole pantry look more organized.

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About Dina-Marie

Moving a family which includes 10 children from our "secure" life in Alabama to the "exciting" life of starting a vineyard in west Texas has definitely been challenging. Besides frugality, farm life and simple living, I have learned the importance of diet, quality of food and traditional cooking. Through the GAPS diet, I am successfully reversing my rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and food allergies.

I’m in the same process, since i relocated to a smaller apartment w/ a very small kitchen and hardly any storage space. You’ve inspired me regarding the spices. I was pondering using my half pint canning jars, I like the plastic lids and labels.

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